Lesson 9 Why Is the World So Tough to Her? Text A David: What's the matter? Sue: Oh , I don't know. David: Oh, come on.. . it's something. What is it? Sue: It's just life. . . it's so boring. David: O...
Lesson 8 What to Do About Grandma Text A Hal Bohlman, his wife Judy, and their three children live in a small apartment. Hal works in the income tax division of the government where he is a public inf...
Lesson 7 Going Shopping Text A Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday. "I'd like to know which store you like best in London, Mrs Clark , " Gretel said. "Now that's a dif...
Lesson 6 How It Feels When Parents Divorce Text A Ari, age fourteen When my parents were married, I hardly ever saw my Dad becausc he was always busy working. Now that they're divorced , I've gotten t...
Lesson 5 Is He a Hero? Text A "Fire! Fire! " What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house-the sort that burns beautifu...
Lesson4 Musical Half-Notes Text A A musician who played Pop Music in a CLub lived in boardinghouse in the centre of london. He always used to get back to his room very late at night and sometimes inth...
Lesson 3 Who Took the Money? Text A Mr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and...
Lesson 2 Au Pair Girl Text A Gretel comes from Austria. She is eighteen years old. She is going to stay with the Clark family for a year. Gretel has come to England because she wants to improve her En...
Lesson 1 Too Clever Text A A farmer who lived in a small village suffered from a severe pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer eventually decided that he would consult a do...
Lesson 40 Text A Learn to Eat Like a Grown-up MOTHER: The table's laid. Come along, both of you, and let us begin. FATHER: I'm ready; I feel quite hungry. CHRIS: So am I; I could eat a horse. MOTHER:...